Posted: October 4, 2018
A classic Aussie shiraz. Excellent purple/red hues. Aromas of blackcurrants and spices and a big, rich, soft and flavoursome palate tasting of sweet ripe fruits and fine oak.
Comments Off on Mr Riggs McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Bright lifted fragrant aromas and a vibrant juicy red cherry and cigar box oak-like palate with nice acid driven freshness. 5+
Comments Off on Majella Coonawarra Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Minty/herbaceous bouquet and a soft and simple palate with complex perfumed fruit.
Comments Off on Longview The Piece Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Complex aged aromas of berries and cedar oak with herbaceous elements. Big and soft in the mouth with masses of sweet/sour flavours.
Comments Off on Lou Miranda Estate Master Piero Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A big drinkable wine with minerally elements to the nose and old school style palate.
Comments Off on Lou Miranda Estate Leone Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Beautiful rich complexity of sweet ripe fruit and classy oak aromas. The palate is rich and soft with great length of flavours. High level of tannins.
Comments Off on Kay Brothers Amery Block 6 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Plum pudding-like complexity to the nose and an oak driven palate that is rich with intense flavours and is a touch hot on the finish.
Comments Off on Koonara Big Guns Coonawarra Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Brooding chocolaty bouquet; hints of cherries and berries. Acid driven palate and grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Jim Brand Wines Jim’s Vineyard Coonawarra Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A complex well worked style with an amalgam of ripe dark fruit and chocolaty oak aromas. Lovely flavours of black fruits, excellent charry oak and moderate tannins.
Comments Off on Hugo Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Great colour – very dark. Dense brooding berry bouquet and tight oak. Powerful firm tannic palate – lots of oak. 5+
Comments Off on Gomersal Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Some vibrant berry and spice on the nose which follows through to the fresh fruit palate.
Comments Off on Gomersal Premium Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A simple licorice and dark berry bouquet with a palate that is a nice balance and persistence of soft rich fruit and toasty oak. 5+
Comments Off on Garners Heritage Wine Leon’s Single Vineyard Strathbogie Ranges Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Some portiness on the nose and flavours in the riper fruit spectrum with loads of vanillin oak.
Comments Off on Greenock Estate Wines Angas King McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Bright crimson hues, lifted blackcurrant/berry aromas with leathery notes and a tightly structured palate with nice freshness, good fruit characters and a grippy finish.
Comments Off on Patritti Lot Three McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Aromatic complexity of toasty chocolate and slightly jammy fruits aromas. High level of acid and slightly hot finish.
Comments Off on Gumpara Mader Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
An old school style that’s a generosity of Ribena and chocolate-like characters with good use of oak to balance and nice mouthfeel.
Comments Off on Restless Farm The Pig Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Spicy Ribena characters on the nose and a solid palate with good length full of fruit flavours and nice use of the oak.
Comments Off on P.B. Burgoyne Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A tannic driven shiraz smelling of black strap licorice and black cherries with ripe berry fruit flavours well supported by the oak.
Comments Off on Langdorf Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Very commercial style with Cherry Ripe like characters on both the nose and palate.
Comments Off on Fox Creek JSM McLaren Vale Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Some lovely ripe fruit characters with a background of classy oak. Tight, fresh and complex now and will get even better over the next 3-5 years.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Dead Arm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Excellent purple hues, quite oaky aromas and a good persistence of jubey fruit with acid driven freshness. 5+
Comments Off on Deep Woods Reserve Block 7 Margaret River Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Nose of fruit compote, cocoa and prune notes. Loads of fine tannins on the big ripe palate.
Comments Off on Rusty Mutt Original McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A bright red wine with pretty purple edges, smoky meaty aromas and tingly acid driven palate.
Comments Off on Black Wattle Vineyards Mt Benson Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A light fruit lift to the nose and clean fresh, slightly licoricey flavours. Simple cool climate style.
Comments Off on Brangayne Of Orange Orange Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Vibrant cool climate shiraz with fruit in the red berry spectrum, nice peppery notes and sweet vanilla oak. Holding up well. 3-5
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Estate Section One Pyrenees Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Beautiful purple wine bordering on black with a good concentration of black forest cake-like aromas. The palate has excellent flavours, richness and loads of sweet new oak. 3-5
Comments Off on Amadio Wines KI Single Vineyard Kangaroo Island Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A nose of dark berries and toasty/mocha oak and a classy palate with excellent depth and complexity of rich sweet fruits with good oak integration and silky tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Chateau Yaldara Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Great colour; still showing youthful purple hue. Has a big hit of brambly/blackberry aromas and lovely cassis and oak balance of flavours. Very Bordeaux like.
Comments Off on False Cape The Captain Kangaroo Island Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Unusual smoky earthy nose with a medicinal lift and a developed earthy flavour profile.
Comments Off on False Cape Ships Graveyard Kangaroo Island Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Hints of sweaty saddle aromas with vanilla and berries lifting out the glass. Very dry, acid driven, cool climate palate. A keeper.
Comments Off on Bay of Shoals Kangaroo Island Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A pleasant, youthful and austere style with good balance of chewy oak tannins and crisp acidity.
Comments Off on Amadio KI S.V Kangaroo Island Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Very perfumed and exotic; red liquorice, spice and black cherry yoghurt. Weirdly compelling; lots of juicy black fruit with an inky, spicy edge. Bright lifted acidity rather than tannin carries the palate. $20.00
Comments Off on Seifried Nelson Zweigelt 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Lovely aromatics. Plenty of fresh, ripe fruit; black cherry, plum and berry but also some secondary notes of mushroom and leafiness starting to emerge. A big, decadent style of pinot noir with lots of richness with soft tannins in support….
Comments Off on Terrace Edge Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Boldly aromatic, sitting very firmly in the darker fruited spectrum; blackberry, currant and plum with some star anise and liquorice too. There is new oak giving structure and backbone and the tannins are still quite marked. The finish is long…
Comments Off on Pegasus Bay Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Pinotage can be a polarising grape but this is an attractive if very forceful style. Dried herbs, liquorice and smoked meats with some red berry, black cherry and plum. Plenty of tannin. A big dense chewy wine. $42.00
Comments Off on Karikari Estate Pinotage 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
From 2015 this pinot is still looking very tight and structured with plenty of tannin giving a chewy dense palate. This is a structured style that really needs longer in bottle to show at its best. $42.00
Comments Off on Desert Heart Mackenzies Run Reserve Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Big and bold with masses of white stone fruit. A layer of new oak adds cinnamon and nutmeg characters but well judged and in harmony with the fruit. $35.00
Comments Off on Linden Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Nicely ageing cabernet that is smelling of chocolate, blackcurrants and tobacco leaf and has mouthcoating black fruit flavours with powdery tannins.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Bin 62 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
A huge fruity nose; some nice aged characters developing with cool minty notes. The palate is soft, “accessible” and full of flavour.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Cellar Reserve McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Dense toasty chocolaty/prune-like aromas which carry through to the long ‘chewy’ and seamlessly balanced palate that shows some lovely fine powdery tannins.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Cellar Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
A well maintained wine with lifted dark berry fruit bouquet and nice spicy plum flavours.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
An inky purple wine with a big earthy nose, some licorice elements and plush cherry/cola flavours.
Comments Off on MyattsField Joseph Myatt Reserve Perth Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Durif 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
An old school, oak driven, style of cabernet with minty/dark berry fruits underneath.
Comments Off on Claymore Wines Black Magic Woman Reserve Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
A lovely lift of citrus marmalade aromas and lots of lusciously rich apricot and citrus flavours that linger long after the wine has gone.
Comments Off on Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio DOCG Alpianae Veneto Passito 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Lovely red and blue fruit aromatics with a hint of roasted almonds. Fleshy in the mouth with good fruit richness and balancing spirit.
Comments Off on Penfolds SA Vintage Fortified 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Sweet nutty apricot nose with a savoury edge; flavours of citrus, mangoes and honey with some oak. Very drinkable.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Wines Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
An oak bomb with brooding dark fruit characters, fine savoury tannins and a hint of herbs on the finish.
Comments Off on Whistling Kite Biodynamic Riverland Montepulciano 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
A pleasant old fashioned oaky style. Quite flavoursome with some toasty bottle age.
Comments Off on Andrew Peace Estate Swan Hill Victoria Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
A big spicy chocolaty wine with hints of red currants and huge chalky tannins.
Comments Off on Andrew Peace Australia Felix Swan Hill Victoria Sagrantino 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Slightly porty and “moody” bouquet. A richness and freshness of juicy blueberry and mulberry fruit flavours with hints of licorice and supple tannins. Needs food.
Comments Off on Terra Felix Yarra Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018